Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand which means that Wellington is the centre of government. If you walk around Wellington, you may see a politician; you might even see the leader of the government. The first capital was in Auckland, but Auckland was a long way from the South Island and it was feared that the South Island might try to become a separate country, so in 1865, the capital was moved to Wellington which at that time had a population of 4,900. Now there are 350,000 people. Wellington had long been an important Maori settlement when the first Europeans arrived in 1840. They came on a ship called the Aurora and the trip had taken four months .
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